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Updated: 11:32 PM CDT Apr 12, 2020

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DOWN. SCOTT: WHILE SOME OF US HAVE A HARD TIME JUST SHARING PICTURE ON OUR CELL PHONES, NEW HOOVER COACH TYRONE TYLER IS A WALKIN RADIOSHACK, AND IS HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING AREA --. >> USUALLY THE CAMERA GUY THE COACH THE FLIER. CAMERAS SETTING AROUND. SCOTT: TELL ME ALL OF THE STUFF YOU HAVE >> I HAV A LIVE CAMERA, LIKE SIX OF THE GO PROS. I HAVE THE DRONE, A COUPLE POCKET CAMERAS. REPORTER: HE HAD BEEN USING THE DRONE FOR HIS OTHER COACHING JOB, WHICH HE’S KEEPING - HEAD COACH OF THE DES MOINES BLAZE, A LOCAL SEMI PRO TEAM. HE INCORPORATES THAT VIDEO AND OTHER MATERIALS INTO HIS MEETINGS WITH HIS NEW PLAYERS AND COACHE >> THE KIDS WANT THE INFORMATION. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO I AM, THEY WANT TO NOTE THE STAFF AND COACHES. REPORTER: IT WOULD BE EASY TO SAY LET’S WAIT TO MEET. WHY IS IT EASY TO POWER THROUGH? >> FOR ME, WE DON’T KNOW WHEN THAT IS GOING TO BE. I HAD MY 30 DAY PLAN IN PLAC I WANTED TO CONTINUE, WE ARE STARTING FRESH. REPORTER: TYLER IS FROM THE EAST SIDE, PLAYED AT DOWLING, THEN NEBRASKA OMAHA, THEN ST AMBROSE FOR TWO YEARS, PLAYED FOR A SEMIPRO TEAM CALLED THE OAMAH BEEF GREATEST NAME EVER - BARNSTORMERS, COACHED A YEAR WITH THE BARNSTORMERS, AND HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANT AT EAST, NORTH, AND THE PAST 7 AS SOPHOMORE RECEIVERS COACH AT DOWLING. HE JUST LANDED HIS FIRST HEAD COACHING JOB. TAKING OVER A HOOVER TEAM THAT HAS 7 WINS THE PAST 4 YEAR IT DOESN’T HAVE THAT ENTHUSIASM. YOU HAVE TO DRUM THAT UP WITHOUT ACTUALLY BEING FACE TO FACE. >> WE HAVE BEEN USING SOCIAL MEDIA, WE HAVE BEEN USING’S YOUTUBE VIDEOS. KIDS WANT CHANGE. ONCE THEY SEE THERE IS EXPECTATION, WE HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE, EVERYTHING ELSE WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF. REPORTER: HIS REGULAR JOB IS WORKING IN THE LEGAL INSURANCE, SOMETHING THAT HE CAN DO REMOTELY FROM ANYWHERE, WHICH WILL ALLOW HIM TO BE PRESENT AT SCHOOL A LARGE PORTION O

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